The AAG was founded in 2012 following the Southport Report, and since then its membership has increased steadily.
The group holds an annual day conference tackling a different issue of archiving each year, as well as running ad hoc workshops. So far the four committees have successfully brought together colleagues from across the sector advising on relevant enquiries both on local and national levels.
The committee have also developed the toolkit for selecting archaeological archives alongside other toolkits.
The aims of the group are
- to focus upon issues relating to professional standards, best practice, advocacy and access
- to promote of awareness of archaeological archives within the profession
- to represent the interest of those working with archives to CIfA Council and in all CIfA activities
- to hold seminars and workshops to facilitate the above
- to establish relationships with other groups associated with archaeological archives
Call for Papers
Our annual Archaeological Archives Group Day Conference and AGM will be held on Thursday 25 September 2025 at Chester House Estate, Wellingborough.
Do you have a project that you would like to present? We are inviting proposals for papers and/or a panel discussing new Transfer of Title guidelines (consultation period closing in September 2025), their functionality and implementation.
Please follow the link below for the Call for Papers.
To submit a session simply complete the Microsoft proposal form which can be found here https://forms.office.com/e/WFUnPSE3dH.
The deadline is 23:59 on Monday 16 June 2025. We will respond to proposals to let you know if your abstract was accepted as soon as possible after the closing date.